[Learnit Lab] Meeting Unesco team on Open Education & Fred Garnett from London Knowledge Lab

[Clément MARTIN]

==Version Française==

Bonjour,

Demain nous accueillerons deux invités aux learnit lab : L'équipe de l'Unesco travaillant sur les sujets d'Open Education et Fredd Garnett du laboratoire de connaissance de Londres.

(voir description en anglais dans la deuxième partie du mail)

Les discussions seront en anglais. Le rendez vous est  à 18h au Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques.

A demain,

== English Version ==

Hi, 

Tomorrow's learnit lab will have two guests : The Unesco team working on Open Education and Fredd Garnett from London Knowledge Lab.

Meeting will be at 6 pm at the "Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques''.

Discussions will be developped in English.

== About Unesco's talk ==

UNESCO’s mandate is to build inclusive knowledge societies, including the use of information and communication technologies to increase access to quality education allowing individuals to exercise their rights, to develop new capacities, and to improve their lives.

The UNESCO presentation at Learnit Lab will focus on two strategic programmes:

The first concerns Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FOSS-FLOSS). This refers to software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, copy, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code.

The second focus will target Open Educational Resources (OERs) defined as any type of materials used to support education that may be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared by anyone.

Mr. Davide Storti and Mr. Abel Caine will highlight the strength of the UNESCO programmes in assisting Governments to:

· Formulate or promote enabling policies

· Providing online platforms and tools

· Facilitating communities of practice

== About Fredd Garnett's talk ==

Fred Garnett from London Knowledge Lab will give us a talk about "Everything is a metaphor"

See all his presentations here : http://www.slideshare.net/fredgarnett/presentations

Once again, see you tomorrow :)

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Clément Martin